Yacht Rock by HightB

Champion(s):

LaLondeM


Runner(s)-Up:

WeikleB
I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More, I cannot say.


Quiz Description

Questions about the genre, subgenres, artists, and associations in, around, and tangential to "Yacht Rock", which may include "Marina Rock", songs you might hear on the "Yacht Rock" XM/Sirius channel.

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Questions:

Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin (Every Time that You're Near)" is sampled as part of this 1994 hit that ushered in "The G-Funk era"

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REGULATE

Speaking of Michael McDonald, his backing work on this Christopher Cross hit was the subject of a famous SCTV skit.

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RIDE LIKE THE WIND

In the Seinfeld universe, this character booked Christopher Cross to perform at his millennium party, only to be reminded that the hotel was booked for December 31, 2000 and not December 31, 1999

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NEWMAN

During Michael McDonald's time with the Doobie Brothers, he made an appearance with the rest of the band on an 1978 episode of this ABC program, where one of the main characters is coerced into attempting to shoot a bootleg video of a Doobie Brothers concert.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Initially running from July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958, this global project inspired this Donald Fagan song about "spandex jackets for everyone"

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I.G.Y. (INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR)

This resident of Meridian, Mississippi had hits with songs such as "Cool Night" and "I Go Crazy" before turning to country in the mid-80's, with the hit duet "You're Still New to Me" with Marie Osmond and writing "Meet Me in Montana", another duet hit for Ms. Osmond

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Paul DAVIS

Taking a departure to the Jersey Shore, we find this 1972 hit by the Rutgers-formed band Looking Glass about a girl and a sailor.

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BRANDY (You're a Fine Girl)

This duo's work included "The First Years", the theme for the 1978-79 CBS drama "The Paper Chase"

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SEALS and CROFTS

Episode 6 of the web series "Yacht Rock" featured an extended skit about this historical figure, whose name graced a non-"yacht rock" 1970's band.

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JETHRO TULL

This Southern California band is occasionally lumped in by critics as part of "yacht rock", with hits such as "The Biggest Part of Me" and "How Much I Feel", as well as associations between the songwriters and Michael McDonald

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AMBROSIA

This wildly popular 1976 Boz Scaggs album featured hits such as "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle", as well as several musicians who would go on to form the band Toto

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SILK DEGREES

And while we're considering Toto, their 1979 R&B version of "Georgy Porgy" featured this singer of the late 1978-early 1979 disco hit "Got to Be Real"

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Cheryl LYNN